locate
to identify or discover the place or location of: to locate the bullet wound.
to set, fix, or establish in a position, situation, or locality; place; settle: to locate our European office in Paris.
to assign or ascribe a particular location to (something), as by knowledge or opinion: Some scholars locate the Garden of Eden in Babylonia.
to survey and enter a claim to a tract of land; take possession of land.
to establish one's business or residence in a place; settle.
Origin of locate
1Other words from locate
- lo·cat·a·ble, adjective
- in·ter·lo·cate, verb (used with object), in·ter·lo·cat·ed, in·ter·lo·cat·ing.
- pre·lo·cate, verb, pre·lo·cat·ed, pre·lo·cat·ing.
- self-lo·cat·ing, adjective
- un·lo·cat·ed, adjective
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How to use locate in a sentence
Responding to a report of a collision involving a pedestrian, officers located an 18-year-old man lying in the roadway.
Officers located an 18-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to the upper body.
She and a guide had to physically pull him to his feet to get him to continue to camp, which was located at 12,000 feet.
Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said the crash remains under investigation and as of Sunday morning, police had not located the driver.
Authorities looking for woman who fled scene after her car hit a Virginia State Police vehicle on I-66 | Luz Lazo | November 8, 2020 | Washington PostAn election official took a string that was also 100 feet long and tied one end to a door located in the middle of one of the building’s sides.
Pains diffuse and non-locatable were combined with an apathy and lassitude which resisted all attempts at healthy excitement.
Explorers and Travellers | Adolphus W. GreelyPains, diffuse, and non-locatable, were combined with an apathy and lassitude which resisted all attempts at healthy excitement.
Adrift in the Arctic Ice Pack | Elisha Kent Kane
British Dictionary definitions for locate
/ (ləʊˈkeɪt) /
(tr) to discover the position, situation, or whereabouts of; find
(tr; often passive) to situate or place: located on the edge of the city
(intr) to become established or settled
Derived forms of locate
- locatable, adjective
- locater, noun
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